EUTHANASIA COASTER

 A roller coaster that would take you to the extremes of life. You'll be exuberant & ebullient at the onset of this bizarre, outrageous journey but the end is going to leave jaws dropping. So, fasten your seat belts because you are taking off to the most treacherous trip of your esprit.

Adrian is an insane scientist, distressed about the population burst across the entire world. He had made numerous efforts to either invent a machine that would be the cliff-hanger in the beginning but would prove lethal at the end. 

He had been working on this strange project for more than 10 years! Denied of Nobel Prize twice due to the insane and inhumane projects proposed by him for the betterment of the world (according to Adrian), had left him more frustrated. I mean just think about junior Hitler, who would accept his malignant ideas in this world? 

One day he got a way out of this problem too. He designed a captivating yet pernicious roller coaster. Euthanasia Coaster as a death machine is engineered to humanely take the life of a human being! 

It starts with a long, slow climb before a 500m drop, which leads into a series of loops that are designed to create intense centrifugal force, so that you won't be able to breathe, and finally die from lack of oxygen.

Pleased by his own invention, he decided to launch it in a mega exhibition of innovations. The roller coaster was grabbing the desired attention, but nobody tried it. A kid came to him and told him that he wants to ride this roller coaster. 

He agreed, and the boy was running out of oxygen after going into a few loops. This threatening view horrified everyone. The kid on the Euthanasia Coaster has died. The police came, arrested him, and now he is trying to invent yet another device to slam the walls of the prison and break free. 

What do you think, would he fulfill the insane impulses born out vengeance?

VIRTUALLY REAL

I must be fortunate enough to live in this century where the legends of science, technology, and arts have contributed so much to society and where zest to invent things never ends. A modern invention that's completely out of imagination is Virtual Reality(VR).

Virtual Reality (VR) is the use of computer technology to create a simulated environment. Unlike traditional user interfaces, VR places the user inside an experience. Instead of viewing a screen in front of them, users are immersed and able to interact with 3D worlds. 

By simulating as many senses as possible, such as vision, hearing, touch, even smell, the computer is transformed into a gatekeeper to this artificial world. The only limits to near-real VR experiences are the availability of content and cheap computing power. This invention is indeed bliss for mankind, whenever I peep through VR, I personify myself into the shoes of actors and feel alive.

But this VR  often reminds me of the "Virtually true" a chapter that I had in my 9th grade, which begins with a boy named Michael who comes across an article in the newspaper about a “Miracle Recovery.” The article is about a boy whose condition was critical but he still recovers from the coma. Michael remembers that the boy who was cited in the newspaper was, in fact, Sebastian Shultz who he had happened to meet a few weeks ago while playing.

It all got started during the Computer Fair, when Michael’s father who was nutty about computers, gifted him a new computer that was preloaded with games. When he starts playing the game ‘Wild West’, he gets challenged by “Black-eyed Jed” to a duel when becomes a Sheriff. He then meets a Second Sheriff whom he was asked to go with. Sadly, the Second Sheriff happens to get shot by the villains and the game soon ends. Later, he gets a printout that reads “I‘m Sebastian Shultz, try playing Dragon Quest”.

In the game Dragon Quest, his mission is to save Princess Aurora from the wicked dragon. He gets the help of the second knight who is none other than Sebastian. Sebastian was killed later on in the game. The game ends but his printer displays a message that asks him not to give up and try playing “Jailbreak.”

In the game Jail Break, his task was to escape along with the prisoner, and he somehow knew it was Sebastian again. They eventually broke out of jail and ran to the roof as doors shut behind them. Then the helicopter arrived as they reached the roof and they got into the helicopter. When they have taken off, Sebastian fell off the helicopter, and then the game ended. Michael played the game many times later but he never got a print after that.

Then one fine day, his printer displays a message that tells him that the helicopter was a better choice, so try your luck at playing “War Zone”. Sebastian also promised not to trouble him again if this did not work out.

Michael jumped into the game right away. He found himself in a city that is scarred by battle wounds. He knew that his job was to save Sebastian. They ran together towards an abandoned jeep that they managed to find amidst the rubble. Then, they went towards a helicopter as a tank followed them. As soon as it came to their view, Sebastian stopped the car. 

Michael jumped into the helicopter when the jeep went into a spin. Sebastian could not get into the helicopter at that point. Michael patiently waited and shouted at him to come into the helicopter but Sebastian does not budge. A few moments later, Sebastian was thrown into the helicopter when the tank collides with the jeep. They flew into clouds and the game ended, saving him. When Michael removes his visor, he realizes that he has got the Higher Score.

The narrator now wants to cross-check the details. He gets out of the train and tries to get some details on the internet. He finds out what he was looking for. It seems that during the time of the accident, Sebastian was on his laptop and was playing one of the psycho-drive games that the narrator had purchased.

The narrator later understands that Sebastian’s memory had got stored on the disk because the computer had saved Sebastian’s memory when he had banged his head during the accident. But it’s interesting to know how it ended up in the narrator’s computer. 

This puzzle also gets solved later because the narrator gets to know that when Sebastian was in the hospital, someone had stolen his games and sold them and it was the narrator who had ended up buying them. There is also a message from Sebastian that says, “DEAR MICHAEL, THANK YOU. I'm NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED. BUT YOU SAVED MY LIFE. LET’S MEET UP SOON, CHEERS. SEB. PL. KEEP THE GAMES. YOU’VE EARNED THEM”.
  
The only difference I found was I never received a message so far as Michael did.

Into The Tunnel : II

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Into The Tunnel : I

We hope you have a good read of the second part of Into The Tunnel;

Kili swung the sword cum stick like a warrior and there was a clanging sound of two swords, according to Kili and Fili. In reality, Kili's stick had struck an asteroid hard and was completely destroyed. Thankfully his hand was intact. 

Kili on realizing that his sword just disappeared, went mad and started reciting some peculiar chants in Khuzud (dwarf language). 

Fili thought his brother was suffering from mental illness, and he needs his help.  What can he do in such a situation when they are not aware of their whereabouts? Amidst such a situation, their only escapade would be magic. Somehow get off this swing, and return home. The fondness of a weird swing was sucked by the vacuum. Frustrated and annoyed Fili accompanied Kili to recite chants in Khuzud. 

Those were not some normal chants, they were exceptionally potent, for they had originated along with the creation of this Universe. The energy they had in them could transform even the smallest atoms to gargantuan galaxies. 

As they continued with their intonation, the magnetic field of the earth started aligning such that, the hollow corridor of disastrous impressions again emerged along with the landmass and there was no void in between. 

Fili and Kili on feeling the ground under their feet had stopped reciting and came to their senses. On realizing they were not on that horrific swing anymore, all their plans to conquer the skies, oceans, and clouds were shattered. 

They then journeyed back to the distant and cabbalistic lands of dwarfs, under the stars and above the oceans.

Into The Tunnel : I

"It's great."
"Told you, it is."

Kili and Fili were swinging a swing. Not just a normal one, but an inconceivable one. It was more of a tunnel than a swing. It was dug from North pole to South pole! So when the buddies went in from the North pole, they were thrown briskly to the South pole and beyond (till the gravitational pull of the Earth could hold them), then again back to the North pole, went a little farther, and they were swinging constantly. Initially, they enjoyed, but then they started feeling nauseated. They wanted to get off of this peculiar thing. But they couldn't do anything.

Then Kili realized he and Fili had kept some tablets, what exactly it was, they didn't know. He called Fili and told him to take the tablets. They both did that, and after that, they felt even more nauseated for a while but then everything became slow. 

They were moving slowly, they could now see butterflies moving from one asteroid to another. Even the stardust far beyond seemed to come closer to them, the blistering hot core felt like a chilled snowstorm. Both of them felt relaxed. They had even started playing with rocks. They kept on laughing constantly, for no reason. 

I think you must have got it by now, they were hallucinating!

Amidst such chaos, they had thoughts of conquering the entire universe. Kili said to Fili, " The oceans are mine, you keep the clouds."

Fili said, "I will keep the clouds along with the landmass."

Kili agitated on the thought of his friend keeping two things leaving him with only one. He thought of murdering his twin in the swing and left him there. He had a stick which according to him was a sword. He held it in his hand like a warrior, swung it hard and………

To be continued

Insights of Nuclear Devastations

As every year, we have chosen our vacation spot to be Delhi and Haryana. I am being more desperate to visit the country's capital, the glory of Mughals, but more than this I had cravings to relish the traditional Punjabi food.

Ahh! It was a very long journey straight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. I was blown by the beauty of nature, undoubtedly it's a bliss to be on this land. Travelled a lot in Chandigarh and Haridwar. Now it's time to visit Kurukshetra. 

Although I'm not excited to visit holy places, I thought I can prove no nuclear weapons were used in the 18days fight, so known as Kurukshetra. We first visited Kurukshetra panorama and Science centre, where I was amazed and at the same moment astonished to see the proof that justifies a nuclear war. 

Did our old precursors have very trend-setting innovation matching the atomic abilities of today? Then a guide briefed us saying," There is proof from remnants in India supporting that guarantee. There are additionally antiquated fantasies, which depict scenes coordinating our cutting edge comprehension of nuclear fighting".

Although writings from a great many years prior appear to contain what could be deciphered as precise portrayals of atomic blasts, practically identical to the one in Nagasaki in World War II. Taking the incomparable Sanskrit epic from India called the Mahabharata. 

It recounts fate and devastation that Kurukshetra has caused in 18 days battle, with entries that appear to precisely portray the impacts and repercussions of an atomic war. Enormous blasts “more brilliant than a thousand suns” were recorded, just as cadavers consumed to the point that they were unrecognizable. 

There were likewise numerous different sections fitting the cutting edge portrayal of an atomic assault. As indicated by this legend, the individuals who endure the disaster lost their hair and fingernails a short time later, while nourishment supplies were polluted—this all matches our comprehension of the impacts of radiation harming and radioactive defilement in the fallout of a nuclear blast. 

A study says few plant specimens can be grown in the native soil of this place because of the nuclear devastations that occurred. It remains as a probability to certain researchers (who are now and again disparaged) that human advancements could have existed far back ever, which were similarly as cutting edge than our progress today. I wonder how people in ancient times managed to develop such hazardous weapons. 

As usually the myths and holistic people come in between supporting the past happenings as a bliss of Lord Krishna, while the other group says that both science and myths are together. Later on, the walls of the Science center displayed Astras were also used for defensive purposes similar to a Tesla Shield which is used to destroy the enemy Astra coming towards it. 

The modern "Tesla shield" discharges electrical energy and any incoming physical object which hits the shell receives an enormous discharge of that energy and instantly vaporizes. It can also be compared to the anti-missile air defense system of modern times. India has a Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) named Astra. 

Astra is designed to be capable of engaging targets at varying ranges and altitudes allowing for engagement of both short-range targets (up to 20 km) and long-range targets (up to 80 km) using alternative propulsion modes and the missile is technologically more sophisticated than the nuclear-capable Agni missile series of strategic ballistic missiles. 

Weapons used in MahabharataAstras like Brahmashira, Brahmasthra, Pasupatasthra, Vaishnavasthra, Narayana Astra, Agneyasthra, Vayavasthra, Nagasthra, Vajrasthra, Varunasthra, etc. were used in Mahabharata along with positive indications of the use of Nuclear weapons, otherwise, how could the war cause the death of around 1.5 billion people in a matter of 18 days. 

Later the tourist guide informed us about the studies that were taking place on soils of Kurukshetra by DRDO people and geologists, analyzing the chemicals that have been used in these Astras and constantly endeavouring to find traces of new elements. 

So finally an end was put to my foolishness that all nuclear discoveries that caused huge explosions and devastations were actually initiated from my land rather from Hiroshima Nagasaki.

Mysterious Magnetic Hill

Ladakh, the very word creates a portrayal of mysterious lands, snow peaks, and the constant efforts put by the soldiers at the border. This is undoubted, heaven on the earth. 

I was deputed as Colonel in Ladakh, earlier I worked at Sikkim and Leh also, but it was in winters and the prevailing temperatures of the place that always cause frigidness, never soothed me and never gave an opportunity to rejoice the glory of nature. 

Now this being summer, I am all excited to serve my duties, rejoicing the fairyland. As usual, I have chosen my bullet for travel. Centuries ago Shah Jahan said that if there is a paradise on earth then it’s in Kashmir. 

To that, I say that he did not visit Ladakh or would certainly have changed his opinion. Or maybe he did and included Ladakh as well when he said the word “Kashmir”. 

Out of the several enchanting places in Ladakh, there is one place that has mystified people for long and continues to do so. It is a small stretch of road located about 30 kilometers from Leh towards Kargil and known as Magnetic Hill of Ladakh. 

I was appalled by the stories people were narrating about the hill. I thought I should first visit this place and the rest after duty, as I have a couple of days to report. I found out the location of this acclivity.  On this particular part of the Srinagar – Leh highway, I saw a road ahead going uphill.

I turned off the engine and had let my vehicle stand in neutral so that I click some selfies and was vetting the behavior of hill. I was amazed to observe, my bike slowly started moving and as far as I know, it was going up by a speed of 20 kmph on its own. 

My co-passengers on the hill, the folks in a Safari brought it to a complete halt but moments later their TATA Safari; a vehicle completely loaded with luggage and passengers; still slowly gained momentum. 

I started being inquisitive and began digging the science behind this phenomenon and when started enquiring about people, there are a few different theories behind it. As per the most common theory, it was believed to be at work behind this mysterious phenomenon is a magnetic force so strong that it can pull cars uphill.

It is so notorious that even the airplanes that fly over this region increase their altitude to avoid magnetic interference. Some people are not aware of the mystery of the magnetic hill in Ladakh and just pass through here. 

I started speaking with the locals about the hill, villagers, in particular, they told me a different version of the story. As per them, here once lied a pathway that led straight to heaven. 

People who were deserving of it would automatically get pulled up; however, the undeserving ones could never make it up the path; no matter how hard they tried. For them, this entire concept and area are supernatural. 

Alas! For every scientific phenomenon, their lives a story indulging the superstitious beliefs. Later, after doing a lot of work, I came across a concept of optical illusion in neuroscience; which in layman’s language means that you either see something that is not there at all, or you see things differently than how they physically are. 

Out of the numerous optical illusions recorded, there is one of Gravity Hill; which means that a very slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope. Why it appears that way can be attributed to the obstructed horizon, either completely or mostly. Our eyes and minds are used to using the horizon as a reliable reference; to be able to tell if a particular slope is straight or if there is a slant. 

Without the horizon, we will not be able to tell for sure. The same concept works in aviation as well. Pilots up in the sky cannot see the horizon; and if it weren’t for the electronic equipment and gadgets; they would never be able to tell if the plane is flying straight, upwards, or downwards. 

This same concept applies to our Magnetic Hill in Ladakh. This is purely a natural optical effect caused by the specific layout of hills that obstruct the horizon. 

That short stretch of the road that appears to be uphill, as a matter of fact, is downhill; and this is the reason why cars slowly gain momentum. 

The hills in front of your eyes at this stretch are naturally laid out in such a manner that they will deceive your mind, and lead it to believe that you are going up. Since your eyes cannot clearly see the horizon, there is no way for your mind to contradict.

VOLCANUS SYMPHONIA

You must have seen a volcano, like a normal one or a super active volcano or whatever. Have you ever seen a guitar-shaped volcano? I can bet most of you have not.

Somewhere around 100,000 BCE, there was an island in the heart of the pacific ocean. The waters were deeper than the memories of the elder days. The skies seemed to be just above the oceans and clouds formed rings of smoke near the water surface. 

There was a portentous mountain-shaped piece of rock at the center of the Ocean. No one knew what exactly it was, until one day Zoe saw some strange musical fireworks emanating from the topmost part of the giant boulder. She was stunned by the view. It was as if, the Olympians had won a war and the universe is celebrating for it. 

She thought why not go on a quest to explore the paradigm of beguiling grace. She wanted to know if there is napalm inside because the island on the other side looked green. She named the island Volcanus Symphonia. 

The next day she went there, the place was breathtakingly beautiful. Zoe could hear a symphony playing in the background and it had it's hypnotizing effect on her. It was a relaxing and harmonious tune. 

When she saw the boulder from the ground, it looked like a musical instrument being played by the Gods. She then saw an old lady, with a hunch, wearing a cloak and she had a dagger in her hand, she was reciting some chants, which Zoe couldn't understand.

She was a sorceress. That to a very powerful one. Zoe threw a stone at her and sensed that the music in the background cannot be heard anymore and she had caused some trouble to the witch, by injuring her eyes. 

Zoe is going to be dead. The witch raged and shrieked, which left Zoe's ears bleeding. She could not hear anything. She ran and dived into the ocean. She swam deeper and deeper, then she saw an enormous drum glimmering with faint white and blue light. 

She saw a red button on the top of it and pressed the button. Nuclear fuel was stored inside the drum and when she pressed the button, a huge explosion immersed the entire symphonic, harmonious, mystical, hypnotizing island and shredded it to pieces, of which now only some precious stones could be found. 

Volcanus Symphonia still can be found in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

“I am a soldier; I fight where I am told and I win where I fight!”

We are able to sleep peacefully on our beds only because some rough men and women are ready to protect us at all cost. Today, in the year 1999, India successfully took the commands of the high outposts which had been lost to Pakistan.

Fought for over 60 days, the day”Kargil Vijay Diwas” marks the victory of Indian Defense and now it's been two decades, we pay our tribute to the martyrs for their astounding courage and determination. Their lives, their contribution will be remembered forever and we are fortunate for them as our inspiration.


#KargilVijayDiwas #salutetosoldiers

420 VS. 421

Galactica Brigand 420

Welcome to the universe of robbers. Here you will find a variety and creativity in heists. This particular galaxy is a duplicitous pirate in the ocean of the universe. 

Intriguingly they do not steal money or precious elements neither do they ransack spaceships, they embezzle time! 

I have covered one such bewildering heist for you. Hold tight because you are stepping into the realm of alienated and dreadful robbers. 

Barbarossa was planning a maestoso attack on galaxy 421 when he stumbled across an idea of destroying it with a snap of his fingers. 

He consulted his friend Jack, who's the well-known dacoit in the entire universe. They assembled a team of renowned galactic brigands and started training them. 

This was going to be the stupendous heist in the history of the universe. 420 vs 421.

Galactica Ruffian 421

The silence was still, under the flawless light of stars. The colossal galaxy stood stunning in the vast expanse of space. The galaxy was about to meet its end and the wrath of time. But 421 ruffians were clever. 

They had their spies, who informed them of a secret attack by the brigands of 420. Peaceful they seemed, but this was the silence before a catastrophe. 

As the 420 alien bandits installed their time embezzling instrument, they were attacked by ruffians of 421.

A bullet was fired from the gun of Qamara, the obsolete foe of Barbarossa. The bullet landed right into the forehead of Barbarossa and with that ended his plan to go for a time heist. 

The mighty, legendary, God of brigands was dead. Jack was delighted, now he won't have to share the wealth with someone. 

It was all his own. As they initiated the accelerator of the weapon, 421 ruffians smashed the time stone with the scythe of Odin. All the time that 420 brigands had stolen, was eradicated and everything was torn apart.

The other galaxies they had looted before were formed again which was inhabited by a new species, homo sapiens. It was a bizarre, and a diverse specie. 

421 ruffians decided to protect the universe from brigands like 420 and maintain peace and harmony in the universe. The humans named this cataclysmic event of destruction of time stone, the big bang theory. 

They are very strange creatures. They predict things and somehow prove them. I mean it is easy to predict and prove, but they never tried to comprehend the truth behind the creation of this colloquial realm they live in.

No restrictions, no protocols, just their own rules started by them and for them. They have immense potential to transform the facade of the entire cosmos and make things just as they were in elder days. 

CLONING GARUD

After receiving my honours from the Cambridge School of Business Management, I started missing my family and aroma of Indian cuisines. Now I am exhausted running behind my career and strategically planning my proceedings for a better career graph. It's time for this bird to reach its nest and laze.

When I discussed this plan with my parents, soon came a very big shopping list, demanding to buy all novelties and crockery being sold in London. Packing all my stuff, winding up all chores I have reached the airport.

The long checking lanes sulked me, as I couldn't restrain myself anymore. After wandering for three and a half hours at the airport, finally I boarded the flight. Only one thought "I will see my parents and my brother" is running in my mind.

I endeavoured a lot to kill the time, but nothing happened. I tried sleeping, listening to music, but I was accustomed to check the time passed. I don't know if it was fortune or misfortune, but then came a bird to add some spice to my journey.

The crew informed us, a bird was stuck in the airplane wheels, making it impossible for the pilots to land the flight. This line annoyed me the most. But I can't do anything, other than to face the circumstances.

Soon my co-passengers started screaming out of fits of impatience and fear, which tensed me a lot. I have noticed a few people chanting mantras, so that God comes in rescue, while others started thinking about their responsibilities, ambitions, and fantasies. Even I don't know when I started praying, being an atheist.

A few minutes later to my disguise the lights on the right verge of the plane started blinking, terrifying me again. I was very frightened, more than watching a horror movie night.

The pilots reached the nearby airport and the airport authorities were trying their level best to help. Through the front cameras inserted above the wheels, a prediction was made that a heavy bird was sitting on wheels, which made the landing impossible.

Then came an eagle, few people in my cabin started calling it Garud Vahan of Lord Vishnu which was sent to rescue them. I was perplexed whether to believe them or not. Many people started screaming, noticing the eagle heading towards the wheels.

Now all of a sudden they became chameleons calling the bird a devil. The bird flew around the flight a number of times and we were flabbergasted by the skin texture of the bird. We were eagerly waiting to see it every time, it approaches our side, but couldn't find anything significant about it, because of its flying speed.

It flew for about half an hour and by that time, I started imagining myself in the shoes of a fish caught in the cyclonic eye. By this time the pilots, started panicking about the emptying of fuel.

They predicted that they could fly for another twenty minutes in the air and not beyond it. I started counting my last. And it was very much difficult to go through the situations that I have never imagined. It was completely heartbreaking and disappointing.

At this moment, I started weeping, remembering my family, and the troubles I have been giving them being self-centered. I was left with ten more minutes.

I was sulking and on the other hand, pilots and crew were making arrangements for the emergency exit. I then started reading all procedures in the manual given and was boosting my confidence to do this.

Then we came to know that the bird sitting on the front wheel flew away. The pilots made all the arrangements for landing and to my fortune, we landed just two minutes before the end time.

All my co-passengers were overwhelmed by the success and all the credits for success were given to the bird which resembled Garud. Then I came to knew that it was a robotic bird that was designed to check that they are no birds in the landing zone, to make the landing smooth.

Then we were explained the way we were helped. It was made to fly continuously around the plane to detect the obstacles with the help of IR sensors inserted all over its body and with the cameras inserted in its eyes and wings.

The detected information is transmitted effectively through radio waves. And the bird is operated by engineers to constantly look for hurdles created and predict its way. The bird amazed me with its features.

And finally, I reached my place but was completely exhausted after traveling for 17 hours instead of 7.5 hours. And when I started opening everything I brought from Cambridge, I found a soup bowl broken in crockery brought.

But I'm glad that I reached my place safely and have learnt to maintain happy relations with everyone because we can't be judgemental about the turns that take in our life.

Warp Engines

We have often wondered, what lies beyond our Solar System? Are there more Solar Systems out there? And more importantly, are there more planets like Earth, supporting life? Well, there’s no answer to this question as of now, thereby I often end up disappointed, and perhaps, so do you.

The reason we haven’t been able to explore the cosmos is our limited ability to travel. Since Einstein first proposed the Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, scientists have been operating under the restrictions imposed by a relativistic universe.

One of these restrictions is the belief that the speed of light is unbreakable and hence, that there will never be such a thing as FTL or (Faster Than Light) space travel or exploration.

But, I believe we are heading towards a solution to our problem.

This is an Alcubierre Warp Drive.

On paper, it is a highly speculative, but possibly valid, solution of the Einstein field equations, specifically how space, time, and energy interact.

To put it simply, this method of space travel involves stretching the fabric of space-time in a wave that would (in theory) cause the space ahead of an object to contract while the space behind it would expand.

An object inside this wave (i.e. a spaceship) would then be able to ride this region, known as a "warp bubble" of flat space.

This is what is known as the"Alcubierre Metric".

Interpreted in the context of General Relativity, the metric allows a warp bubble to appear in a previously flat region of spacetime and move away, effectively at speeds that exceed the speed of light. The interior of the bubble is the inertial reference frame for any object inhabiting it.

For better understanding let's draw an analogy, suppose the fabric of Space-Time is a leveled road, and there’s a giant ball placed on the road at point A. Now if we suddenly create a Depression just under the ball, the ball will move forward. 

Lets’s say along with the Ball, the Depression also moves and at the same rate as of the Ball. Then the ball will keep traversing forward but the relative speed of ball w.r.t. Depression is zero at all times.

Since the ship is not moving within this bubble but is being carried along as the region itself moves, conventional relativistic effects such as time dilation would not apply. Ipso facto, the rules of space-time and the laws of relativity would not be violated in the conventional sense.

However, there is no known way to make such a drive. Many scientists have suggested that this idea might be highly improbable but not impossible. 

In 2012, NASA's Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory (aka. Eagleworks) announced that they had begun conducting experiments to see if a "warp drive" was possible. 

This included developing an interferometer to detect the spatial distortions produced by the expanding and contracting space-time of the Alcubierre metric.

The team lead – Dr. Harold Sonny White – described their work in a NASA paper titled Warp Field Mechanics 101. He also explained their work in NASA's 2012 Roundup publication.

In the end, We would like to point, that a hundred years ago the idea of us posting this blog and you reading it at your home while being hundreds of kilometers away, would have been equally absurd! 

Thought In A Thought

Ever thought of a thought, that might become a reality? Of course, you all have!

But ever thought of a dismissed thought becoming a reality in a parallel universe, while you have an improvised or an abysmal version of it in this universe?

I bet most of you have not! Well, now I will tell you to do one thing, close your eyes.

Dr. Harrison Wells was a renowned physicist. He was working on brain waves when some of his experiments started showing weird results. Oh, I forgot to mention, he was the first scientist who developed a time machine, which worked successfully, but had its after-effects and so, the government put a ban on it. 

Nothing could stop Dr. Wells from working on his experiment now. The only problem was he needed to use a time machine that was in the department of defense's control. There was no chance he could steal it from that place.

Dr. Wells's experiment was about how our faith in our thoughts can become a reality in any of the universes and how our brain waves are connected even in parallel universes. He was 99.99% sure about his notion. 

           
Dr. Wells got a mind-boggling idea. He made a brain cap which could make him run into any of the alternate realities so that he could verify his results because this time he is going to merge past present and future and then lacerate it with his new theory on brain waves. He wore his brain cap and went to visit Dr. Wells of Earth 8 (because that was his first discovered alternate reality's planet which was slightly less developed than today's Earth). 

The most interesting thing about brain cap was, it would land you to the exact same location as you were standing on. When he opened his eyes, he saw himself lying down on a football ground. He was horrified, not by the fact that he was lying on a football ground but the place where the majestic Star Labs stood, was nothing but a football pitch! 

                        
He saw someone coming towards him, he was The Harrison Wells, star football player not a renowned scientist. The only difference between both of them was, Dr. Wells wore spectacles and was clean shaved, but Harrison had shoulder-length hairs, thick beard and he was heavily built. 

Dr. Wells never thought of himself to be like this dude, not even in his wildest dreams and he ran away from there before this dude could see him. But he very much wanted to become a football player, and here he was. 

He came back to Earth, worked for 10 years, and proved that there is not just a possibility of alternate realities but there are infinite alternate realities. 

Now, open your eyes and breathe because you have just visited one.

Theory of Tachyons

22 December 2222

Scientists at ISRO found that there are particles that can travel faster than the speed of light. As predicted earlier by Gerald Feinberg in 1967, there might be some particles that can travel faster than the speed of light.

 Tachyons they were named. The theory of relativity disapproved of any such thing. Well, now the theory of relativity has been proved wrong and the prodigious pedestal of science has shuddered. 

Dea bombarded two God particles (Higgs Boson) and found that a wormhole was created in the particle accelerator, which was unstable and drawing energy from the photons. Wormhole grew colossal in size, as the darkness prevailed. 

The alarms buzzed but then everything fell silent. Either something extraordinary happened or some devouring power was ruling them all. Then there was a huge explosion that didn't harm anyone but added more to the devastating effects of the wormhole.

In the minimum light available, Dea saw that the wormhole was spinning in a clockwise direction. She thought if the same particles could be turned against themselves then maybe she could stabilize the situation. 

She rushed towards the wormhole and got inside it. She thought of a time half an hour before running this experiment. She was back in time. She went down the chambers and changed the orientation of magnets such that the particles would now spin in an anticlockwise direction. 

When the God particles bombarded, the antiparticles of tachyon were created which again formed a wormhole with anticlockwise spin. This new wormhole had the exact opposite demeanor.

 Her idiosyncratic idea worked. It was electrifying everything. It was radiating photons, thus devouring darkness. Even human bodies were getting charged and they could see the lightning when they touched their fingers. 

This charged environment could further lead to catastrophic effects if not controlled. If human beings remained exposed to this wormhole for more than 5 minutes, they would die of electric shocks on their own.

                      
She jumped inside the wormhole, she was being stabbed by streaks of lightning but she had no other choice. She thought of a time when she went inside another wormhole. She directed the convulsive corridor of space-time towards each other, which led to the stabilization of minacious holes.  

As the two vicious rings of space and time collided, there was an explosion when everything went dark and in the blink of an eye, everything became normal. 

Dea had rewritten history. She proved the predictions true. Tachyons are real particles with imaginary mass. She had hammered the theory of relativity hard and was ready to give another theory which would be mind-boggling and alluring.

CHELONE

Isis was looking at the prodigious Pacific Ocean. The moonlight was shimmering as the waves capered. As the dawn cracked, stars faded and the moon melted in the caressing rays of the sun. The dancing waves were raconteuring the tales of Poseidon, with each tempestuous stroke on the cliff. She saw that the water was changing color. It turned from pristine to turquoise to murky green to aquamarine to cerulean. 

She thought this might be due to the particular species of phytoplankton present in the ocean. But this type of phytoplankton was found only in the Aegean Sea, near Santorini Island. A chill went down her spine. She was not in the Pacific Ocean. She was lost. When she turned around, a gargantuan wave took her along into the depths of the sea. She was now 100,000 feet underwater. Despite being under immense pressure, she never felt so relaxed. The ethereal feeling abandoned her when she forced her eyes to allow the hue of haze. She was in Atlantis!

                       

The city lost millennia ago, the city of Poseidon. The colossal palace of Atlantis which sank in a day and night stood with pride as it had 96000 years ago. Cyclops, nymphs, mermaids, Pegasus, and other creatures had welcomed her with a garland of conch shells. She saw a turtle that was different from the normal species, was changing the colors of the sea. The colors were changing according to his sense of danger surrounding this splendid world. The color-changing turtle was coming towards Isis, she saw a brain wave telemetry on his back. 

It was the same turtle she was studying last year to interpret the behavior of this peculiar turtle and to alter its genome by exposing it to high gamma radiation because it's gene had a totally different pattern. Instead of having from 28-66 chromosomes, it had 120. Almost double of what one turtle has. It was not some usual turtle looking turtle, it had the head of a fish, the body of an octopus, and speed of turtles, which intrigued the Sherlock inside Isis.

He introduced himself as Chelone and greeted her and with a warm smile. He talks too! He told Isis about the jeopardy threatening the existence of life underwater, caused by human intervention in the realm of the Sea God. Isis knew about the situation. The dilemma of helping life underwater and human beings were ripping her apart from choosing sides. Chelone briefed about the plan of Poseidon to attack homo sapiens for they have tolerated enough. Poseidon has declared a war on the inhabitants of Earth. Tsunamis and earthquakes were common to hear. Hundreds of thousands of people died, for nature requires balance, it has to be the survival of the fittest.

 Humans have dominated themselves on nature, they had to pay the price. They intervene in the restricted zones and call it curiosity, they exploit and call it development. The most beautiful creation of God, Humans have indeed proved themselves the most dangerous, selfish, and insane species. The rage of the sea God made human beings an endangered species. The wrath of the Sea God eradicated the very presence of the smartest species in history. 

Darkness eloped Isis and she was lying unconscious on Santorini Island. When Isis woke up, she was in the hospital. Her years of research and hard work got her a Nobel prize in biology. Isis had discovered a new species of turtles and altered their genome. This particular species survived on plastic. They consumed plastic and produced a protein to treat cancer. This new species was called Chelone.

All of the Stars II

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Yesterday, today and tomorrow are not consecutive, they are connected in a never-ending circle. The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end.

Science could be complicated, if you don’t think the other way; and could be simple, if you work on it. Months after months graphs like the previous ones and stress came out of the machine, leaving no clue to Ema, Sheeran being her only support, like a false hope for her to not give up. Those outputs, day after day, started being pinned at the bulletin by Ema at her room.

Ema don’t you dare to turn off the TV, the alienx will be revealed today!, exclaimed Peter. Ema smiled, like she confessed her heart out to Eric and they both are finally together, her smile was one of happiness growing, much as a spring flower opens. He probably now could see how it came from deep inside to light her eyes and spread into every part of her. She smiled with more than her mouth, and he heard it in her voice, in the choice of her words and the way she drove to the tasc force station.

It's just another evening, and I’m staring, I saw a smile and thought of her, while she sang a lullaby by the tasc side and knew I was there, on the other side, and she wondered if I could see the stars too! Little did she know, what would my messages actually mean, but she was close to them, as she took the analog cathode ray oscilloscope, coded a word and examined that Lissajous pattern carefully.

The peak, and its significance, the amplitude of “We have stars around, yes, and I can see them too”, as she cracked the first one and I sent another one, “Great, going Ema! You get me finally.”

Our body is a host for a plethora of microorganisms, what if actually, we are the parasites? I don’t want to confuse you readers, so I will just come to my point. The gay bizarre while she decoded them all brought me comfort, but I cannot still falsify that she got so far away from me into Ed’s dimension, the Earth’s dimension. She got the peaks and understood the encryption and still she can’t see the stars I see.

Unlike the meshed cables, it was getting simplified at one end, while complicating at the other, at my end. I wonder why I loved stars so much, afterall I am here just because of them and I could have been with my people right now, but I chose Mission Worm, my escape to touch those twinkling dots I watched with Ema from the terrace. Fandom is beautiful, and limelight is all we seek, accept or not, an inch of us aches for it, and when it comes with the religion you have accepted as yours, it ain’t given second thoughts. Somehow the astronism in me made me all set in a space-suit and make a visit to the unbottled kinetic energy of dance and the unexplored land to walk, should I have thought of anything else? You never know, what's next. Don’t be quick as life is just too different here, Eric the worm-lead all over the news, but just not there all over, and actually here, missing her.

Memory is a lived, morphing experience and not some static file from which we withdraw dates, time and photographs. Static memories are the domains of computers and not really bear the kind humans have, this has been driving me so far to reach out, thanks to the Escapalator. I reached my hands out in the dark atmos, to wait for hers to interlock, and I did my best. Now when I look back into Ema, all I will say is that the genius of our brain’s construction remains so shrouded when compared to the much evident brain of the computer, that we miss to live what we lived and create our own parallel existence in the Milkyway.

Leave Brain and intelligence, Heart again is such a complicated organ of the body, right? Whether it’s science or fiction, every story is somehow connected to heart, the muscle, the size of a fist that keeps us alive, and sometimes it’s the metaphorical one, the source of love, a photograph of all the stars we saw. I can’t give up, all that she is, is all I'll ever need, is the only thing that strikes me of Ed after all of our stars, and I sent a message again.

The excited pulse signals the blue dazzle brought this time was a different hit, meaningless like a word from beyond the world but I got what I never expected, a meaning, she opened her eyes and saw how our horizons met, and all those blue lights lead into the talks with me, and I know these different dimensions will bleed, but both of our hearts believe, the stars will guide us home.

Everything that came to his past and her present was influenced, like the pawns on the chessboard and future controlled it and the relativity showed it. Eric smiled as she looked into the sky with the telescope, that falling star like a slanting silver rope on the loose earth sent love to their seed.

This journey has been a real beautiful one and now it’s the time to say a  goodbye! Well, this does not mean we are ending our Sci-Fi Sundays, but now it’s the time for new writers and their new stories. We hope you have by far loved all our works and you enjoyed reading this IEEE SB NITP original as we complete our fifty blogs today! Do drop your comments.

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